Police are looking for a suspect who walked into a Hingham resident’s home early Thursday morning and then left after he said he was in the wrong house.

Sgt. Steven Dearth said the Abington Street homeowner was waked by his dog’s barking just before 5:30 a.m. The owner walked into his kitchen to find a stranger standing there, talking to the dog.

Dearth said that when the owner confronted the intruder, he told the owner he was in the wrong house. The owner then pushed the intruder outside through the kitchen side door, and the man “walked casually away,” Dearth said.

Dearth said the owner told police the intruder “may have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol.”

Dearth said nothing appeared to have been taken from the house, and that the suspect apparently entered through the side door, which was unlocked. Freshly falling snow covered the suspect’s footprints leading away from the house, which is near the South Weymouth town line.

He’s described as a white male about six feet tall, with a shaved head and slight facial hair. He was wearing a wet green fleece and jeans. Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact officer Matthew Lucas at 781-749-1212.